Wild horses stir the imagination and have become an iconic symbol of the West. But the animals aren't exactly from here, they were introduced by people. They're also clashing with a native bird species, the greater sage-grouse, that's under threat and rapidly losing habitat to development and invasive species. Podcasters Benjamin Zack and Leia Lars…

Bats are one of the most prolific types of mammals in the world, but you might not know it since they spend most of their time quietly hunting insects in the dark. Podcasters Benjamin Zack and Leia Larsen met with biologists with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as they set up nets to trap and measure bats living in North Fork Park. They hel…

One hundred years ago, some industrious power pioneers connected the Bear River with Bear Lake. They essentially turned the lake into a battery for hydropower and a reservoir for farming. It helped build the booming Intermountain region, but joining lake and river also had major environmental consequences. The ripple effects are still being felt to…

Utah is known as the "Beehive State," but we're willing to bet most residents know little about the bees buzzing around in their own backyards. Podcasters Benjamin Zack and Leia Larsen poke around the Ogden Botanical Gardens with bee expert Joe Wilson and learn more about these amazing bugs.על ידי Out Standing in a Field